On-loan Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan has received a 16-match suspension from the Professional Football Discipline Committee (PFDK) after pushing a linesman during the closing minutes of Basaksehir's 1-1 draw against Sivasspor in a Turkish Super Lig game last Friday.

The sanction is one of the most severe punishments in Turkish football history.

Turan, 30, was given his marching orders in the 94th minute of the eventful draw shortly after Basaksehir goalkeeper Volkan Babacan parried Sivasspor...

The fixture was initially abandoned after Besiktas boss Senol Gunes was struck in the head by a foreign object thrown from the stands resulting in the former Turkey national team manager receiving five stitches to the head, suffering a mild concussion and spending the night in hospital.

Gunes expressed his dismay at the hostile climate in Turkish Football following his sides...

IZMIR, Turkey -- Cengiz Under became the youngest Turkey international to appear in a Champions League semifinal when he started for Roma in the first leg of their tie against Liverpool, but just 18 months ago the 20-year-old was playing second tier football in his homeland.

For a football-crazy country boasting the largest young population in the UEFA zone, the talent produced in Turkey in recent years has been abysmal -- there was Arda Turan and that is about it.